The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-10-05
LIBERALS AT DINNER.
THEY RIOlCUtE THs FESTIVITIES
OF THE QUEENS JUBILEE.
Ere. Judgment Passed on Princes, fo-
tentates aud Diplomats of High ana
Low Overwhelmingly of Her Ora
ciou. Majesty vIctoris-Her FIRST Love
Special Correspondence !

fashioned mansion in the north Of England,
with a large hall running from door to door
serving the double purpose Of an entrance
and dining room. decorated with the heads
and branching horns OF many a hapless deer,
with flags, armor. pike. guns and bows ana
huge skins Of lions. leopards and tigers on the
floor. and a large round table IN the center
where many n good dinner had been served
20 bold thinkers IN days gone by. Imagine
all this. and You viii have the surrounding
Of a charming dinner party that | am about
10 describe-not the menu, the succession Of
courses, the china. the silver, but the man
points Of the conversation.
On this occasion there were assembled there
a comfy squire. a retired general, a naval
officer. a clergyman, n Socialist, an artist, q
professor OF political economy aud two Amer.
lean ladies. The conversation. which lasted
until midnight, was a wholesale criticism on
ROYALTY. its greed and selGshness, as Illus
trated in the recent festivities.
The rejoicings Of the queen and her iunkies
that in oil the upheavals on the continent she
has stuck to her throne for fifty years, is still
n theme Of constant merriment with the
pres and the people. The gist Of the talk on
this occasion will give you al idea Of how
rapidiv the respect for the royal family b
waning.
"Now that the iubiEee iunketing IS over
said our host. the last corner stone OF future
| institutions laid for this year, the dazzling
spectacular professions ended. now thai
/ the music has ceased and The lights are out,
hysteria Is giving way to common sense, ana
il is evident that a time Of practical reflection
is setting in. Loyalty 20 monarchical ideas
was at high water level just before the re-
/ cent celebration. In 1s4s republican tenden-
cies in England reached flood tide, but the
esb has been steadily going on ever since.
And now the time for the return wave mas
come. and the change of feeling viii be oil
the more rapid, because Of the relapse maj
| always follows abnormal enthusiasm. Hard
headed and close listed John Bull is beginning
10 ask what all the fuss, which he must pay
for. has been about. The Overhurdened tax
payers realize now that the uproaf
has been Of no benefit 10 them. But the
great enthusiasm We have witnessed was not
the result Of loyalty, but 81 the fact that IN
! England we have no regular national iete
! day." Addressing the American lady on his
right be said: I'VE have nothing recurring
every year like your Decoration day, your
Fourth of July. Thanksgiving and Washing
tons birthday. All we have Is a bank holl-
day. occurring on four Mondays chosen at
convenient intervals during The year, 20 give
the Bank Of England clerks a needed rest
from casting up columns Of figures Think
of a nation without a single day set apart to
celebrate any great patriotic event, and then
you eau Judge Of the cause OF the enthusiasm
reused By the recent fetes
Yes" said the hostess, laughing, what
pos,ible sentiment can these bank holidays
suggests Nothing but work and cold dinners
| am sure.
Il have lived in England, said one Of the
/ American ladies, five years, and until this
summer have never seen any illuminatlons,
decorations or pyrOtechnics, and though ] am
a patriotic citizen Of the United States nnd A
red Republican, and have no respect Tor
ROYALTY. vet / sailed forth 30 see the sky
rockets. and my spirit Of liberty rose with
them 90 the zenith. 1 had not seen a Roman
candle for wears, and how could help being
enthusiosticf'
But most Of the magnificent spectacles,
said the gentleman Of sociaiistic tendencies,
{ EIUlllaMfu 1N KUN lIA'NNN fhN"h.E -F
arranged for the benefit OF the upper classes.
The rights Of the people have been signally
outraged. Long before coronation day the
lovers OF Westminster abbey found rs doors
closed upon them and heard ominous sounds
Of hammer and plane coming from the IN
terror. II l. said the building is permanently
injured The Pail Mall in a recent issue
said. Those WhO choose te visit estininsteF
abbey now that it is once more open for
worship. after a long period OF uselessness'
will find melancholy traces Of the stupendous
and costly farce recently enacted there. The
brave old walls have suffered considerable
damage. and the place does not SEEM Ike II
self-ro some Of US it never viii again. we
hone the spoilers and blasphemers are salts
fed with their work
Outside the scaff0ldiDg ana buildings were
raised 30 accommodate lords. ladies and the
queens royal visitors. while the representa-
tives Of the people took a low rank, and
watched the spectacle f.ln less conspicuous
coipns Of vantage. The people who could
not afford 20 pay - or 40 Tor "A "lnao"
/. or a seat on some spectators stand stood Oh
the sidewalks and cutters, elbowing one an.
other. i0stled by police OH the one side and
: soldiers on the other; 50 densely packed thai
somc tainted, some were seriously hurt, ever
bones we're broken. And To- when the roya.
lady appeared, the object u intense curiosity
10 this hapless crowd, sic was IN IA closed
I carriage, with the proverbial black bonnet
3 and veil. There was giumblng and ques
uoning as 20 where "a crown and robe'
were. Tie bone aud siuew OF London cam,
no out OF is worksho 20 see their queen
J not tue widow Of the rince consort The
81 robes aud other stat paraphernalia were
lonmed at The abbey for the benefit OF the
g nobility, who could appreciate elegance
The great uuwashed, it was said, could mol
tell the difference between a blacS bonnet
4 and a rOwn.''
Compare this picture said the artist
with that charming scene in the stage life O
9 Fanny Kemble. Englands tragedy queen
, Seeing some poor women peepins IN through
the window Of her dressing roont at the thea
ire. she beckoned them to enter, Shove,
them her gowns and jewels, gave them IA sea
where they could see the play, and when al
was ended babe them good night with word
Of tenderness and sympathy"
But there was one touch Of nature, sal
n tbe hostess. lin the Westminster farce tina
: vouId make the WO~TkingwOmen feel akin 4